From January 16th to February 4th, 1930, sixteen chess masters from Europe and the Americas, including the World Champion, gathered in San Remo, Italy to play at the famous casino's first ever international tournament. The participants of the round robin were Alexander Alekhine, Aron Nimzowitsch, Efim Bogoljubov, Akiba Rubinstein, Rudolph Spielmann, Savielly Tartakower, Geza Maroczy, Milan Vidmar, Edgar Colle, Hans Kmoch, Frederick D. Yates, Karl Ahues, Roberto Grau, Mario Monticelli, Massimiliano Romi, and Jose Joaquin Araiza-Munoz. Alekhine dominated the entire field with an unbelievable score of 14/15, scoring 3½ points better than second place Nimzowitsch, and winning the grand prize of 10,000 liras.